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Ethiopia: Conviction of human rights defenders Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie.

On 26 December 2007, an Ethiopian court handed down the prison sentences of two and a half years each to the Ethiopian Ethiopian lawyers, anti-poverty activists and human rights defenders Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie. The verdict in the trial of Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie was due to be delivered on 17 December 2007 but had been postponed due to the illness of one of the presiding judge and the need of the new judge to familiarise himself with the case material. Daniel and Netsanet have already spent more than two years in detention, so there is a strong possibility that they will be freed on parole.  Read More

Ethiopia: Judgement in case of human rights defenders deferred again

Two Ethiopian human rights defenders, Netsanet Demissie and Daniel Bekele, detained since November 2005, due to be sentenced on Thursday, 22 November 2007 have had their hearing adjourned. The reason given was that one of the judges was sick. Daniel Bekele is the head of Policy and Research and Advocacy Department of ActionAid Ethiopia, and Netsanet Demissie is the Executive Director and co-founder of the Organisation for Social Justice (OSJE).  Read More

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